Recent content by Zorba

Then that doesn't change anything - I figured THAT out a decade ago. I'll just keep my old junk running.

Stay off of facebook and similar sites.

Ye Gods - is this crap going to be standard? If it is, I'm OUT.

Excellent. Maybe I should buy a new Toyota after all.

Don't even whisper that, some gov't IDIOT will mandate it.

Yea, so I (eventually) found out. How damn unfortunate. I guess I'll just keep my old junk running, since nobody seems interested in building vehicles without all the garbage. Sigh...

Too expensive by 3X, and will no doubt have screens and tech crap out the wazoo. In other words, the same garbage everybody else is making, except its made by VW which means RUN, FORREST, RUN far away!

I hadn't heard of this - but yea, they've got my attention.

Like the Slate, 150 mile range is plenty for my use case. And there's even going to be a Diesel version. Single cab, 6 foot bed, what more do you need from a mini-truck? BUT Close perusal of the article reveals the "usual" techno crap and screens, and the EV price apparently is horrid -...

Higher. ;)

Glass headlites all the way! Plastic headlites should be outlawed. Oh, there is no such word as "lense"...

The problem with EVs is the same as its always been: Batteries. Batteries are expensive, don't last, and just in general they suck. The other problem is, with ALL modern vehicles, the stupid and un-needed/unwanted "technology" - but its even more ridiculous on EVs. The Slate is supposed to be...

That's exactly right. I worked for an outfit in the 80s that was a pioneer in JIT and CAM. Everything was guided by barcode. There is exactly zero reason NOT to have options and build by LINE ITEM. ZERO.

As long as it remains an OPTION, not the thrice damned "standard" that plagues the modern car industry.

Yea, I'd just as soon buy via email rather than having to talk to some stealership idiot. I've walked out of more dealerships in disgust than I can remember. Most of them I had notified in advance that I would walk out if they started their games. I could tell they didn't believe me and were...